How To Install apparix on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install apparix on Kali Linux.

What is apparix

apparix is:

Fast file system navigation by bookmarking directories and jumping to a bookmark directly. Apparix integrates regular bookmarks with CDPATH-style bookmarks. Subdirectory specification and (bash) tab completion add further power.

Apparix maintains a mapping of user-defined marks (hopefully short and descriptive) to file system locations and is wrapped in other commands to either jump to those locations or to invoke edit/copy/move commands involving them.

There are three methods to install apparix on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install apparix Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install apparix using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install apparix

Install apparix Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install apparix using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install apparix

Install apparix Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install apparix using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install apparix

How To Uninstall apparix on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the apparix package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove apparix

Uninstall apparix And Its Dependencies

To uninstall apparix and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove apparix

Remove apparix Configurations and Data

To remove apparix configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge apparix

Remove apparix configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove apparix configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge apparix

Dependencies

apparix have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• apparix website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install apparix package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.